Sentences with phrase «with teaching creationism»

I'm ok with teaching creationism in a religious studies class or even a history class but not a science classroom where scientific method is used.

I'm okay with teaching creationism as long as equal time is given to Pastafarianism.

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«Me» - The problem isn't with teaching about Creationism, but with teaching it AS SCIENCE, which it is not.

Isn't that the problems that some people have with Christians wanting to teach creationism in the classroom?

When Santorum or Rick Perry was the nominee it was all about social issues and bringing us back to being a «Christian nation» in good standing with God for the Republicans, we heard a never ending drumbeat about abortion, prayer in schools, teaching creationism, and trying to end funding for planned parenthood, even stopping the funding of birth control.

Education... creationism would supplant evolution, all sciences that could possibly come in conflict with creationism would be forbidden, all children would be required to pray and be educated in fundamentalist Christianity, women teachers would not be permitted to teach males, girls only, etc..

A candidate isn't going to get anywhere with most conservative evangelicals if they support a woman's right to chose, or if the candidate supports strict separation of church and state, and maybe even opposition to teaching Creationism is going to lose their vote.

Nah, are you denying that religion has attempted (in fact currently is, with Rick Santorum being a great example) to accomplish the above (deny rights to some groups, deny reproductive rights, have creationism taught along side or in place of evolution)?

I think some uninformed people commenting here assume that all of Christianity agree with creationism and that our position is that it should be taught in the public schools and that is not correct.

All these parents who insist on teaching «creationism» to their kids as «science», while downplaying (or completely / hiding denying) the tangible bona fide evidence of evolution... I sometimes have to wonder why they don't simply feed lead paint to their kids and get it over with.

I think it's fine to show problems with evolutionary theory, HOWEVER, we can not teach creationism.

Fine but if you're going to teach creationism alongside evolution, then it must be presented as «just an idea... just a concept that ancient civilizations with no scientific background developed in a one - answer - fits - all, fill - in - the - gaps manner.

I wonder then why Mr. Nye is wasting so much oxygen complaining about the great «harm» the teaching of Creationism does to children... though I may not personally agree with the tenets of Creationism, I do believe in the right of parents to pass their personal religious beliefs on to their children - whether those beliefs are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, etc....

I eventually became an Atheist, and I prefer the Theory of Evolution to Creationism, and no longer believe in miracles, but the teachings always stuck with me.

I'm teaching my kids creationism because it's consistent with the world around them.

Actually, this is another scientist who understands that there isn't a SHRED of proof to indicate that any god exists, and that American kids who are taught creationism will be at a great disadvantage in the future when they try to compete for jobs against children with real educations.

It suggests that the latter should more properly be called «special - creationism», for what it really teaches is that every life - form is made by a special act of creation, and it counsels Christians not «to present God's creative design as if he were granddad in the potting shed with components on a shelf, a workbench and a pencil behind his ear!»

@chad You will say something to get last word in so take it up with the courts It is illegal to teach creationism / ID or bible studies in public schools in US STEM science standards for 2013 They are making ears.

I'll bet he prays that the US will become a theocracy, execute or oust all unbelievers, murder every gay person, force all women to give up contraceptives and become chattel, and insti t ute the teaching of creationism and intelligent design along with forced prayer in the public schools.

The effort to secure action by state legislatures to require the teaching of creationism as science along with evolutionary theories has already succeeded in two states.

If the religious community didn't push Creationism and Intelligent Design to be taught on equal ground as the Scientific Method, we might turn the other cheek or play nice and leave you to your supernatural and magical sky fairies or cosmic butterflies, or whatever mythologies one wishes to lobotomize their brains with.

Having grown up in a conservative Christian environment that taught young earth creationism exclusively, I'm still playing catch up with my basic knowledge of evolutionary theory.

Wanda, The religious right want to mix religion with politics to further their agenda — creationism taught as science, public displays of their religious symbols on civil buildings, civil law based upon their interpretation of the bible, etc. etc..

The religious right wants this country to be a christian theocracy, with prayer in the schools and creationism taught, among other things.

Today the BHA launched a new campaign along with Sir David Attenborough, Prof Richard Dawkins, Prof Michael Reiss, 27 other scientists and four other organisations calling on the government to introduce guidance that creationism may not be taught in schools, and that the teaching of evolution must be.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has responded today to the findings of a survey finding 54 % Briton's agreed with the view that «Evolutionary theories should be taught in science lessons in schools together with other possible perspectives, such as intelligent design and creationism.»

In subsequent written correspondence with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would support any adjustment to the model funding agreement to add a statement [to this effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School] model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»

In September, the BHA came together with thirty leading scientists and science educators including Sir David Attenborough, Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor Michael Reiss, and five national organisations to launch «Teach evolution, not creationism!»

You rightly inveigh against the polluting of science teaching with falsehoods such as climate scepticism, intelligent design and creationism (25 February, p 3).

Wyatt B. Durrette, Virginia's Republican candidate for governor, has come under fire after a newspaper interview quoted him as advocating that creationism be taught in school science courses along with the theory of evolution.

A recent Politico story found that taxpayers in 14 states are spending almost a billion dollars this year in tuition at private academies and religious schools, many of which teach fundamentalist religious doctrines like creationism in place of science, telling students that the earth is less than 10,000 years old and that humans co-existed with dinosaurs.